Thots by Kevin Jones
If you haven't noticed by now, we’ve overhauled our entire website. 2011 was a great year for us at KPS3 and what better way to end it than with a project to showcase all we accomplished during the year? We were also very excited to start 2012 fresh and clean. We wanted to take the process we use with clients on a...
Drupal 7 has many advantages over Drupal 6. Most of the modules have been ported, customizing comments and user profiles is easier and overall, it just runs faster. One of the main improvements, though, is the ability to add fields to different system areas, including Comments, Taxonomies and the User Profiles.
I recently added custom fields to the comments section of a Drupal website and found that it wasn't as intuitive as I thought...
Mobile design is fun. It's this unique blend of digital, touch and interaction all wrapped into a small device that fits into the palm of your hand. And, let's face it, it's still a new, rapidly growing technology. New stuff is always fun.
Now, if you're like me, you've probably read about 100 ways to resize your images on mobile. With the rise in popularity of media queries, people are resizing images based off certain screen widths...
CSS3 is finally starting to gain some widespread attention. Galleries are popping up everywhere showing off sites that take advantage of CSS3 and experiment with its possibilities. But, at what point does it become practical to use on every site?
We can see by the following chart that CSS3 is gaining traction and supported by a large percentage of browsers -- all except...
It's that time of the year again. We had five people participate in this year's KPS3 pumpkin decorating/costume contest.
Be sure to vote for your favorite pumpkin no later than Tuesday, November 2nd, 8 A.M. And don't forget to tell your friends, co-workers and random strangers to vote. The winning KPS3-er will receive a super-secret prize worth an estimated value of 10 million dollars (valued by our own Kevin Jones).
...Most people think design comes before programming, but what about using programming algorithms as a method of design? Artists are now exploring methods of designing motion graphics using purely programing languages. Below is one of my favorite creative examples so far, and truly demonstrates the power of programming integrated with art.
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Not too long ago, Noupe, an online blog for web designer and developers, released a comprehensive list of official country government websites, and touched briefly on each one identifying major problems with both the design and code of the...
Here at KPS3, we have a font library that exceeds 10,000 typefaces. As a designer with access to this many typefaces, how is it possible to choose only one to represent a brand? How do you decide if it’s time to draw your own typeface, as none of the others say what you want them to say? Whether it’s creating a new brand or rebranding a client, the type selection is just as important as the color combination. People...
